PARIS -- Eva Mendes, Jennifer Garner, Carey Mulligan and many more are fans of wearing his structured, body conscious dresses on the red carpet. Because when it comes to fierce femininity, Roland Mouret has got it down. The designer showed his stellar spring-summer collection on Friday at Paris Fashion Week. The look: Sexy, assertive. Sharp cuts and folds. Shards of color. Close-to-the-body draping. Shift dresses, pencil skirts and tops with a fragmented architecture. Judo-inspired vests and blazers.

PARIS -- Seeing Junya Watanabe's spring-summer 2013 collection during Paris Fashion Week on Saturday, I was reminded of watching the London Summer Olympics, and how obsessed I became with the athletes' high-impact performance wear and neon running shoes. Watanabe must have been watching, too. He teamed up with Puma, tapping the athletic wear giant for fabrics for this collection. PHOTOS: Paris Fashion Week trends The look: Built for speed from the street to the gym. Nylon and polyester mesh treated as if they were fine silk and satin, with great attention to tailoring and design details.

It may be the closest thing to instant gratification that the runway fashion universe has ever seen. Roland Mouret, the French designer who earned a reputation a few years back for creating the famed, body-perfecting "Galaxy" dress, presented his new collection on the runway Wednesday. And you could order it starting Thursday morning on the fashion website Net-a-porter.com.

PARIS -- Eva Mendes, Jennifer Garner, Carey Mulligan and many more are fans of wearing his structured, body conscious dresses on the red carpet. Because when it comes to fierce femininity, Roland Mouret has got it down. The designer showed his stellar spring-summer collection on Friday at Paris Fashion Week. The look: Sexy, assertive. Sharp cuts and folds. Shards of color. Close-to-the-body draping. Shift dresses, pencil skirts and tops with a fragmented architecture. Judo-inspired vests and blazers.

PARIS -- Seeing Junya Watanabe's spring-summer 2013 collection during Paris Fashion Week on Saturday, I was reminded of watching the London Summer Olympics, and how obsessed I became with the athletes' high-impact performance wear and neon running shoes. Watanabe must have been watching, too. He teamed up with Puma, tapping the athletic wear giant for fabrics for this collection. PHOTOS: Paris Fashion Week trends The look: Built for speed from the street to the gym. Nylon and polyester mesh treated as if they were fine silk and satin, with great attention to tailoring and design details.

AFTER just a few years, the fast fashion phenomenon has come down to a pretty predictable formula: Mass-market retailer hires cool designer, hypes the collaboration like mad but produces just a few pieces, and waits for the stampede. Proenza Schouler at Target. Viktor & Rolf at H&M. Roland Mouret at the Gap. All of those limited collections sold out in days, if not hours. Now comes Jovovich-Hawk for MNG, making a comparatively stealth debut today in a store you probably haven't even heard of.

Kim Kardashian had a few Marines seeing red on Thursday. The reality star needn't run for cover from the troops, however: The red was on a body-hugging Roland Mouret gown Kardashian donned to attend the Marine Corps Ball in Greenville, N.C. Invited by Sgt. Martin Gardner, Kim flew in from Miami, where she's filming "Kourtney & Kim Take Miami," and enjoyed dinner. "Just left the Marine Corps Ball. Thanks to all of the marines I had the opportunity to meet tonight," Kim tweeted . "Thank you for all that you do. " ALSO: Kim Kardashian talks love, plans old age with Kanye West Kim Kardashian winning with Kanye, striking out with airlines Mila Kunis enjoys Marine Corps Ball; Sgt. Moore thanks wingmen Follow Matt Donnelly on Twitter and Google+ . Follow the Ministry of Gossip on Twitter @LATcelebs and on Facebook facebook.com/ministryofgossip . PHOTOS AND MORE: PHOTOS: Celebrity portraits by The Times PHOTOS: Victoria's Secret Fashion Show The Envelope: Celebs on the red carpet

Watch out Kate. Looks like you've got some competition for most stylish mom-to-be. Kanye West's boo, Kim Kardashian, may wield more power than the duchess in the fashion world. Designer Roland Mouret was quoted in the February issue of Vogue saying: "You don't see hundreds of women running around looking like her [Kate]. To be honest, we're more likely to get orders on a dress that Kim Kardashian's worn. " [ Telegraph ] Vittorio Missoni of the famed Missoni fashion house is missing.

L.A.-based fashion designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte, along with New York's Doo-Ri Chung and Thakoon Panichgul, are the latest high-profile names to lend cachet to a mass-market retailer. In this case it's the struggling San Francisco-based Gap chain that has tapped into the relatively new talent pool as part of a new Gap Design Editions (GDE) collection hitting stores April 17.

It may be the closest thing to instant gratification that the runway fashion universe has ever seen. Roland Mouret, the French designer who earned a reputation a few years back for creating the famed, body-perfecting "Galaxy" dress, presented his new collection on the runway Wednesday. And you could order it starting Thursday morning on the fashion website Net-a-porter.com.

AFTER just a few years, the fast fashion phenomenon has come down to a pretty predictable formula: Mass-market retailer hires cool designer, hypes the collaboration like mad but produces just a few pieces, and waits for the stampede. Proenza Schouler at Target. Viktor & Rolf at H&M. Roland Mouret at the Gap. All of those limited collections sold out in days, if not hours. Now comes Jovovich-Hawk for MNG, making a comparatively stealth debut today in a store you probably haven't even heard of.

It's the beginning of a new era for mall mega-brand Banana Republic . It was announced today that the brand's new creative director will be Marissa Webb , a veteran of J. Crew, who has her own casual contemporary label that is sold in stores such as Barneys New York. Webb replaces Simon Kneen, who was with Banana Republic from 2009 to December 2013, during which time the core collections became increasingly dull, and the brand lost ground to J. Crew, H&M and other specialty retailers.

Beyoncé joined her sister Solange Knowles for a set at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio on Saturday. Beyoncé wore a floral-pattern miniskirt and top by Topshop, while Solange rocked an orange romper by Max Mara. [Grazia] Grumpy Cat showed up at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday wearing a miniature hat like the Vivienne Westwood creation Pharrell Williams made famous. [People] Roland Mouret, known for feminine, fitted dresses, is creating a capsule women's collection for Banana Republic, the retailer announced via news release Monday.